English noun: impoverishment |
1. | impoverishment (state) the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
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| Synonyms | poorness, poverty |
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| Broader (hypernym) | financial condition |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | deprivation, destitution, impecuniousness, indigence, need, neediness, pauperism, pauperization, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, privation, want |
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| Antonyms | wealth, wealthiness |
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2. | impoverishment (act) the act of making someone poor |
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| Synonyms | pauperisation, pauperization |
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| Broader (hypernym) | deprivation, privation |
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